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ANTIQUE MASONIC 6" DISH CHICAGO THOMAS BAVARIA CHINA KEATES ART STUDIO 100 YEARS
$ 264
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Description
ANTIQUE MASONIC 6" DISH CHICAGO ILL THOMAS BAVARIA CHINA ALFRED KEATES ART STUDIO 100 YEARSTHEME: 100 YEAR OLD COMMEMORATIVE THOMAS BAVARIA WHITE PORCELAIN PLATE WITH GOLD TRIM OF WRIGHT'S MASONIC LODGE AND ART WORK BY ALFRED KEATES
MARKS:
ON BACK - "THOMAS BAVARIA" AND "KEATES ART STUDIOS"
ON FRONT - IN CENTER A LARGE GOLD AND BLUE "G" INSIDE ARCHITECTURAL
TOOLS, "WRIGHT'S GROVE LODGE NO 779, A.F. & A.M. CHICAGO, ILL. LADIES NIGHT. MARCH 27-1915"
CONDITION: EXCELLENT, NO CRACKS, NO CHIPS, VERY LITTLE GOLD TRIM LOSS, FOUR .50" AREAS WHERE ANOTHER ITEM LIKELY WAS PLACED ON TOP OF THIS ONE AND CAUSED VERY LIGHT MULTIPLE SCRATCHES
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
ON 2-2-2006 WRIGHT'S GROVE LODGE NO. 779 CONSOLIDATED WITH CLARENCE P. SCHWARZ LODGE NO. 1163
ALFRED KEATES WAS WELL KNOWN THROUGH THE CHINA DECORATION COMMUNITY OF CHICAGO. HE DECORATED FOR PICKARD STUDIOS FROM 1903-1910. HE LEFT TO START THE INTERNATIONAL ART STUDIO WITH TWO OTHER FORMER PICKARD ARTISTS. LATER KEATES STARTED HIS OWN CHINA DECORATING STUDIO, THE KEATES ART STUDIO FROM 1912 - 1937.